AstroTurf "Grass Roots " Campaign Against Housing Bills Exposed.

Wall Street Journal has excellent story HERE exposing the phony nature of a "grass roots" campaign against the housing relief bills making their way (slowly) through Congress.

Under the guise of an "AngryRenter.com" cover, lobbyists at Freedomworks are funding this AstroTurf version of a "grass roots" campaign.

"Though it purports to be a spontaneous uprising, AngryRenter.com is actually a product of an inside-the-Beltway conservative advocacy organization led by Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, and publishing magnate Steve Forbes, a fellow Republican."

"FreedomWorks and its affiliated foundation took in $10.5 million in revenue in 2006, the last year for which filing data are available. Much of the income came from large donors the group declines to identify. A spokesman described the secrecy as "standard D.C. practice."

Home Builders Lobbying on Housing Legislation.

Interesting Wall Street Journal story HERE detailing the lobbying being done by home builder organizations on federal housing legislation.

Results so far have been billions in homebuilder targeted benefits in a Senate passed bill, and likelihood that H.R. 5830, with similar goodies, will be voted on soon in the House.